vêpre

• waspe (Ardennais)
• weupe (Rémois)

Inherited from Old French wespe, from Latin vespa.

• IPA^(key): /vɛpr/

vêpre f (plural vêpres)

1. (Troyen, Langrois) wasp

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Inherited from Old French vespre, from Latin vesper, vespera.

• IPA^(key): /vɛpʁ/

vêpre m (plural vêpres)

1. (archaic, humorous) the evening

   Synonym: soir

• vêprée

• “vêpre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• vêpe (continental)
• vepr (Sark)

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French vespe, guespe, wespe, from Latin vespa, possibly with Germanic influence. Compare French guêpe. Cf. also Norwegian veps, Danish hveps.

vêpre m (plural vêpres)

1. (Jersey) wasp